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#238389 - 20/10/2004 13:25 TV-B-Gone
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	Turn off almost any TV with a handy keychain device. I must have one. And it's only $15 (+ $5 S/H). _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#238390 - 20/10/2004 13:38 Re: TV-B-Gone [Re: wfaulk]
pgrzelak carpal tunnel Registered: 15/08/2000 Posts: 4859 Loc: New Jersey, USA	I can see someone having fun and perhaps some form of retribution against a Circuit City that performed a poor empeg install! _________________________ *Paul Grzelak* 200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs
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#238391 - 20/10/2004 13:59 Re: TV-B-Gone [Re: wfaulk]
pca old hand Registered: 20/07/1999 Posts: 1102 Loc: UK	You can have almost as much fun with a casio CMD-40 remote control watch and a large shop that has TVs as displays. Tesco, a supermarket in the UK for instance, tends to use all Panasonic units, which helpfully have the same power-off code... pca _________________________ Experience is what you get just after it would have helped...
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#238392 - 20/10/2004 14:11 Re: TV-B-Gone [Re: pca]
pgrzelak carpal tunnel Registered: 15/08/2000 Posts: 4859 Loc: New Jersey, USA	All of them going off at the same time is good, but I cannot help think that a second or two stagger time between different brands might add to the amusement of it... Still, the same principle applies. _________________________ *Paul Grzelak* 200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs
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#238393 - 20/10/2004 15:20 Re: TV-B-Gone [Re: pca]
andym carpal tunnel Registered: 17/01/2002 Posts: 3995 Loc: Manchester UK	Quote: You can have almost as much fun with a casio CMD-40 remote control watch and a large shop that has TVs as displays. Yes, because of me that watch was banned at school. I managed to program the off codes of most popular TVs into it so could therefore turn almost every TV at school off, lots of fun. I also managed to unlock my fathers Rover 800 by learning the IR code from his keyfob. The look on his face was a picture. My personal favorite was Dixons. A few key presses later and the trained monkeys are scrabbling round for the remotes. Come to think of it, there was a Mac at school with a remote, the staff obviously realised it would be abused so they locked it away. Luckily Dixons had one on show, two AAA batteries and a couple of button presses later and I had the shutdown code for the mac. The following week, many people lost work due to unexplained shutdowns. _________________________ Cheers, Andy M
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#238394 - 21/10/2004 02:42 Re: TV-B-Gone [Re: wfaulk]
gbeer carpal tunnel Registered: 17/12/2000 Posts: 2665 Loc: Manteca, California	Call me Pliskin! _________________________ Glenn
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#238395 - 13/11/2004 18:22 Re: TV-B-Gone [Re: gbeer]
pgrzelak carpal tunnel Registered: 15/08/2000 Posts: 4859 Loc: New Jersey, USA	Dredging up an old thread... Well, my order of TVBGs arrived today. I ordered four. They sent ten. In a sudden, unaccustomed burst of honesty, I sent them email letting them know the situation and asking where to send the extras. It works great, but it is really a bit bigger than it needs to be in my opinion. A little too big for stealth use and to keep on your keychain if you have other wireless or USB devices on it. _________________________ *Paul Grzelak* 200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs
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#238396 - 13/11/2004 19:56 Re: TV-B-Gone [Re: pgrzelak]
g_attrill old hand Registered: 14/04/2002 Posts: 1172 Loc: Hants, UK	I expect that with the income from the current order run they will be able to customise it a bit more and reduce the size. Stand by for V2! Gareth
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